Well, no pics or test drive today . I forgot that I had taken the brake band off to put on the 414-8 before last years show...oops! I have a couple others that were in need of some TLC, so I sand blasted one and J.B. welded the pad back on. Just for rust prevention's sake, I shot some paint on the outside. I took the brake wheel off and gave it a good cleaning too.
I did manage to isolate the faulty safety switch, It was the PTO switch.
I also discovered that even if the PTO switch had been good, it wouldn't have started with the key switch...because that was bad too. Fortunately, I had another one in the shed. it now starts and runs with the key switch .
Maybe a test drive tomorrow

I brought her out into the sunshine for the first time in about 2 years! She drives like a dream. The steering is nice and tight and the transaxle makes no unusual noises The original belt even worked pretty good! I will need to find a set of 15 X 6 X 6 tires for the original front wheels before I start on the restoration, but the 8" worked just fine for the test drive today. I didn't run into any issues during the test drive except for some minor hesitation here and there which tells me I will have to do a carb rebuild which I anticipated and bought the kit already. It idles like a champ and the new muffler sounds great! On to the pics...